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EVP_PKEY-EC.pod
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=head1 NAME

EVP_PKEY-EC - EVP_PKEY EC keytype and algorithm support

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<EC> keytype is implemented in OpenSSL's default provider.

=head2 Common EC parameters

The following Import/Export types are available for the built-in EC algorithm:

=over 4

=item "curve-name" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_EC_NAME>) <utf8 string>

The EC curve name.

=item "use-cofactor-flag" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_USE_COFACTOR_ECDH>) <integer>

Enable Cofactor DH (ECC CDH) if this value is 1, otherwise it uses normal EC DH
if the value is zero. The cofactor variant multiplies the shared secret by the
EC curve's cofactor (note for some curves the cofactor is 1).

=for comment The following link should become L<EVP_KEYEXCH-ECDH(7)>

See also L<provider-keyexch(7)> for the related
B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_EC_ECDH_COFACTOR_MODE> parameter that can be set on a
per-operation basis.

=item "pub" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PUB_KEY>) <octet string>

The public key value in EC point format.

=item "priv" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PRIV_KEY>) <unsigned integer>

The private key value.

=back

=head1 EXAMPLES

An B<EVP_PKEY> context can be obtained by calling:

    EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx =
        EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "EC", NULL);

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<EVP_KEYMGMT(3)>, L<EVP_PKEY(3)>, L<provider-keymgmt(7)>,
L<EVP_SIGNATURE-ECDSA(7)>, L<EVP_KEYEXCH-ECDH(7)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

=cut

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